Truck tie plate



R.L.DOR$EY TRUCK TIE PLATE Fled June 20, 1923 ATTORNEY r the inner face of such end braces.

Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

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` Application filed J'une'20, 1923. Serial No.646,536

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Be it known thatfI, :ROBERT L. DoRsEY,

a citizen of the Unitedl States, residing at Indianapolis, in thefcountyfiof Marion and State of Indiana, haveinventcd a new and useful Truck-Tie Plate, of which the following is a specification.. 1 1

It is the' object'of my invention to tie a center brace of a platform truck economically and efliciently to the end braces thereof while permitting such center and end braces to be spaced apart to provide an intervening space, as for a caster-wheelbearing; and at the same time to strengthen the mounting of such caster-wheel bearing by the action of such braces and the tie between them. i ,I

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention:,Fg. 1 is a side elevation, in partial section, of a platform truck embodying my invention; Fig.l 2 is a fragmental perspective view of the bottom of the truck, inverted, with the caster reinoved; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a plan of my tie. plate before it is bent to its final form.

The truck shown is provided with the usual truck floor 10, side braces 11, end braces 12, and also the center brace 13 of Patent No. 1209,408, issued to me on December 19, 1916. The ends'of the center brace 13 are spaced from the end braces 12, to provide an intervening space at each end of the center brace. About midway longitudinally of the truck are two large side wheels 14; and about midway transversely at each end is a caster wheell.

Each caster wheel 15 is carried by a yoke or fork 16, rigid with a shank 17 free to rotate in a bearing casting 18. Each bearing casting is located in the intervening space between an end brace 12l and the adjacent end of the center brace 13,'and has a base which is attached by clamping bolts 19 to It also has two vertically spaced ears 20 which project from said base toward and preferably against the adj acent end of the center brace, both to constitute bracing abutments therefor and to be braced thereby. These ers 20 are the spaced bearing for the shank 1 A tie plate 22 is provided to rigidly secure each end of the center brace 13 to the end braces 12. I prefer to form this tie plate of sheet metal, first cutting av slot 23 in one end thereof, bending'up the other end of the plate to form a flange 24' which may be clamped against the outer face of the end'brace 12 by at least the lower pair "of the bolts 19, and then bending lup twoears25r along oblique bending-lines into positionto engage Vthe sides of the 'center brace 13. Thev width of the slot 23 is preferably substantially equal to the thickness of the center brace 13. I provide in the cars 25 holes for a bolt 26, which serves to secure both ears of the` tie plate to the center brace; and It also provide in the tie plate a hole for the.

caster shank 17 and holes for the bolts 19.'

My improved tie plate secures the center brace 13 to the end bracer12 regardless of` thebearing casting 18, and helps clamp the bearing castingin place. It is economically `constructed and easily attached, and the fac't may be easily replaced when it beconies worn.

I claim as my invention:

1. 'A tie plate for a truck having a transverse end brace and a longitudinal center brace, said tie plate having` a part arranged to be bolted against the outer face of said end brace, an intermediate part extending transversely below said end brace, and two cars arranged to be bolted to opposite sides of said center brace.

'2. A truck having an end brace, a center brace transverse to the end brace and spaced therefrom to provide an intervening space, a bearing mountedon said end brace in said intervening space and adapted to engage said center brace and he held thereby securely against said end brace, a roller supported in said bearing, and a tie plate forV securing said center brace to said end brace, said tie plate' comprising a portion adapted to extend across said intervening space and being attached to both said end brace and said center brace.

3. A truck having` an end brace, a center brace transverse to the end brace and spaced therefrom to provide an intervening space. a bearing mounted on said end brace in said intervening space, a roller supported in said ROBERT L. noRsE'Y, for InDIANAroLIs, Inn-mna, Assirenon To'TUoxErt 82 nonsE'Y"I 1vIrcr..oo.,.o1-` 'IVNDIANAroLis 'INDIA'N A CORPORATION or INDINA.

tached to both said end brace and said center brace.

4. A truck havlng an end brace, a center brace transverse to the end brace and spaeed therefroln to provide anv intervening space., 2 a bearlng inounted onsald end brace 1n said ntervening` space, a. roller supported .in said bearlng, and a ,tle plate for secumng sald center brace to said end brace, said tie plate compr'ising a portioniadazp'ted toV extend across said intervening` space below said bearing andI being attached toV both said` end brace and said center bracei 5. A truck having an end lor'ace,v a center braeetransverse to thefendz'br-ece -and spaced there'frornto provide an intervening space, a bearing mounted on said end brace in said intervening, space, a. caster, `and a tie :plate for securing said* center brace to ad end brace, said caster eoniprising integral yoke and shank and a Wheel rotatably mounted in said yoke, said shank being rota't'aby, supported: in said bearing, and said tie plate being attached to both said end brace and saidz'center'brace and having an intermediate portion, lyin'g between.: said caster-yoke and saidf beaning'.

In Witnes's whereofi I: have' hereu'nto Set my' handf at Ifndianapofl-is, Indiana, this 18th day of June, A. D; one thousand nlinell hundred and twenty4 three. p

ROBERT DO'RSEY. 

